Photos added (by sarah)

We have now put the photos up in the posts Kittens, Toad, and Shrew.

They are cute - go look!

Kittens (by sarah)

We have KITTENS!!!!!

Two little black and whites - called Hydrogen and Helium 🙂 Hydrogen has one black leg with a little white soc where as Helium has two white front legs 🙂 So they fit their names quiet well 🙂

Last night I ended up buried in kittens that after being stroked to carmthem down decided that my shoulder was the place to be 🙂

They are pouncing everything, including my hand I stupidly dangled!

They are 10 weeks old and were part of a litter of four - they are pretty inseperable so everyone was glade thaat we wanted both to keep each other company. Hydrogen instantly went for an explore when we got them home but Helium is shy and very scared of Jean who atempts to get the 'cuddles' and when denied this through her toys at them!

Things are starting to come together now 🙂 Now all we need isx a few more cats - some ducks and bees..... 🙂 🙂 🙂

Sunburn!? (by sarah)

Ok the day before the thunder started well actually it was the day the thunder started! I was sitting in a park with David (my bro), Micheal (his girly), Al and Jean - I was wearing factor 25 and was in the shade - I burnt 🙁 No one else did - including Jean who was only in a nappy (mind due she had factor 40 on!).

I didnt burn in Greece or Spain or Kenya but in England - I burn! Whilst sitting in the flippinf shade (Makes annoyed looking faces)

Mr Toad of Suttons Mill (by sarah)

A toad about 10cm in length was lerking on the step of the Mill so I cuaght it (gently in a well practiced have to relocate wildlife at Thirftwood in an ecologically sound manor) and then released it with the wiggly pets and camera. The photos arent as good as the shrew ones as a) it was dark so could not use the mode for lots of consecutive frames for animal and children photography and b) the thing hoped in the wrong direction - still the are passable photos 🙂

Now all I have to do is think up a sutiable storyline to go with the pics for the webcomic!

Good job I like wildlife living here 🙂

Weeding the Veggy Plot (by sarah)

Last night I decided that the courgettes had to be planted out - unfortunatly this ment I had to weed the veg plot first - so of I went. I got a bit carried away and weeded more area than I needed and went all faint and stuff but the veg plot is starting to look more respectable now and i think it counts as my aerobic excersise for the day 🙂

Unfortunatly the deer have desimated the peas so I just cleared the area they were in 🙁 But I also found several more potatoe plants I didnt know about 🙂

I've just taken 3 barrow loads of weeds to the compost heap! Full barrows too 🙂 I'm proud of myself 🙂

Of course the plot should never have been allowed to get in that state in the first place but as my health returns hopefully I'll be able to maintain things better 🙂

On the down side I've just found the magpies eating the butternuts - the little fruits were intermediate between ping pong ball and tennis ball and now they've been munched 🙁 - oh well I've already made ratatooey with courgettes from the compost heap (these are Babaras plants that she told us we could harvest from whilst shes away).